NCT01806519

Motor_Control_Neck_SSED

A Motor Control Intervention of Patients With Forward Head Posture and Persistent Neck Pain - A Single System Experimental Design With 12 Month Follow-up

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3 (actual)
• Sponsor: Luleå Tekniska Universitet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Neck pain is a common problem in the western world. There is a group of people suffering from neck pain with a reduced ability to maintain an upright posture showing a forward head position and an altered muscle function. The aim of the study was to evaluate a motor control intervention for patients with persistent neck pain and a forward head posture. This pilot study used a Single System Experimental Design (SSED) with an A-B-A-design and multiple baselines. The tailored motor control intervention addressed the faulty postural alignment and the deep muscles of the cervical spine.

Conditions

• Neck Pain
• Forward Head Posture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motor control intervention of head posture	The tailored motor control intervention used for motor learning-procedure described by Fitts and Posner, further developed and adapted to rehabilitation of the spine by O´Sullivan. The stages involved in the process was the Cognitive stage, Associative stage and the Autonomous stage

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2013-03-07
• Last updated: 2013-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden